The psychological assessment of clerics

Jack, Alexander; Wilcox, Daniel T.

Abstract

The psychological assessment of novice and experienced clerics is an important component of ordination, suitability, and risk evaluation to ensure that representatives of religious organizations are equipped, motivated, and safe for a life commitment to a faith vocation. It is the authors’ opinion that such assessments should be conducted by skilled psychologists with expertise that covers occupational, clinical, and forensic domains. Further, the authors emphasize the importance of an objective and secular assessment to better inform the church.

Citation

Jack, A., & Wilcox, D. T. (2018). The psychological assessment of clerics. Pastoral Psychology, 67(1), 55-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-017-0784-y

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 26, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jul 14, 2017
• Publication Date: Feb 28, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jul 7, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 13, 2018
• Journal: Pastoral Psychology
• Print ISSN: 0031-2789
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-6679
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 67
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 55-64
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-017-0784-y
• Keywords: Psychological assessment, Religious organizations, Secular, Suitability, Risk
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/868374
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11089-017-0784-y